Comparisons, checked 17 October 2026

Onwarder vs Plottr

Q: What does Onwarder cost?

Writing is free. Cloud fixed prices: £8 a month or £79 a year in pounds sterling; €9 a month or €89 a year in euros; $10 a month or $99 a year in US dollars. Checkout confirms the currency.

Visual outlining software: timelines with parallel plotlines, scene cards, character and place records, and 30-plus story templates. Its guide recommends drafting elsewhere.Source [6]Source [8]

Plottr plans the book; Onwarder plans it and writes it, then checks the draft against what you planned.Source [7]Source [8]

Side by side.

Onwarder and Plottr, question by question
	Onwarder	Plottr
Price	Free for good, with no account. Cloud is $10 a month or $99 a year.	$60 a year or $150 lifetime; Plottr Pro $9.99 a month, $99 a year or $599 lifetime. A 30-day free trial.Source [1]Source [3]
Runs on	On the web, Mac, Windows and Linux, with iPhone in beta, and Android coming.	Mac and Windows apps; the browser for Pro.Source [1]Source [5]
Writing with no connection	Books kept on your device open and save with no connection in the desktop and phone apps.	The desktop app plans offline with local files.Source [6]Source [10]
Story bible linked to the book	Characters, places, factions and items, a click from the page.	Character and place records linked to scene cards and series timelines.Source [6]Source [7]
Checks the book against your notes	Built in, no AI: warns when a dead character acts or a lost item turns up again.	Filters help you check by hand; no automatic check found.Source [7]
Ebook and paperback files	EPUB, Word, Markdown and PDF, and paperback interiors at three trim sizes.	Exports outlines to Word and Scrivener. Plottr is for planning; it recommends drafting elsewhere.Source [8]Source [9]
AI, and training on your writing	Optional and off for every book. Bring your own. Never used to train AI.	Plottr says the current product has no AI and it does not use story data to train its own language model.Source [11]Source [12]
Getting your work out	Every book exports whole, at any time, on any plan.	Local .pltr files; export every category.Source [9]Source [10]

Where Plottr is better

A dedicated visual timeline with parallel plotlines and filters.Source [6]Source [7]
Thirty-plus plot templates, from the Hero's Journey to Romancing the Beat.Source [6]Source [7]

Choose Plottr if

You are a heavy planner who wants a visual outline, and you draft in another app.Source [7]Source [8]

Choose Onwarder if

You want the story bible, recorded story events and a continuity check beside the manuscript, with no AI needed.
You want everything for writing free, on any computer or phone, with no account and no time limit.
You want the ebook and the paperback interior from the same place you wrote the book.

Try it with one chapter, free

Questions.

Can I move my book from Plottr?

Export it as a Word document and import that into Onwarder; it keeps chapters, headings, bold and italics. Start with a copy of one chapter, and keep your original until you are happy. We do not promise to carry over every other tool's notes, links or formatting.

Do I need AI to use Onwarder?

No. Writing, planning, the continuity check and Finishing all work without AI. If you connect your own AI, it is off for every book until you allow it, and Onwarder never uses your writing to train AI.

What does Onwarder cost?

Free for good, with no account. Cloud is $10 a month or $99 a year.

Sources, all opened 17 October 2026

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